V) Z T R O U T. Class IV. 



the livers of Scari from another * ; and Oyfters even 

 from fo remote a fpot as our Sandwich f : but there 

 was, and is a falhion in the article of good 

 living. The Romans feem to have defpifed the 

 trout, the piper, and the doreej and we believe 

 Mr. Quin himfelf would have refigned the rich 

 paps of a pregnant fowj, the heels of camels §, 

 and the tongues of Flamingos || , though drefTed 

 by Heliogabalus's cooks, for a good jowl of falmon 

 with lobfter lauce. 



When Aufonius fpeaks of this fifh, he makes 

 no euloge on its goodnefs, but celebrates it only 

 for its beauty. 



Purpureifque S a l a r jlellatus Tergore guttis. 

 With purple fpots the Salar's back is ltained. 



Thefe marks point out the fpecies he intended : 

 what he meant by his Fario is not fo eafy to de- 

 termine : whether any fpecies of trout, of a fize be- 

 tween the falar and the falmon; or whether the 

 falmon itfelf, at a certain age, is not very evident, 



* Suetonius, vita Vitellii. 



-j* Juvenal Sat. IV. 141. 



% Martial, Lib. XIII. Epig. 44. 



§ Lamprid. <vit. Heliogab. 



|| Martial, Lib. XII. Epig. 7I0 



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